By default, Rational Quality Manager includes the following predefined user roles:
Your team can create new roles as needed. For example, you can create roles for functions outside of the test organization, such as Development manager, Program manager, Product Manager, User Experience engineer, and so on.
When you first install the product, all permissions are enabled for all of the default roles. When your administrator creates user IDs, each user ID is assigned a role. Your team can configure the roles, so that certain functions are enabled or disabled for each role. For example, you might want to disable a Tester's ability to save a test plan or a Lab manager's ability to run a test suite.
Because roles are configurable, each test team can customize Quality Manager to suit their needs, and because no two teams are exactly the same, there is no one set of roles that will work for everyone.
The following diagram shows one possible work flow through Quality Manager for a test team consisting of a test manager, test lead, tester, and lab manager. The table that follows lists several potential activities for each of these roles. The diagram and table are provided only as an example. Your team might use a different set of roles and a different work flow.
In addition, the diagram implies that each task follows sequentially, whereas in reality most tasks can be acted on simultaneously.
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Test manager |
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Test lead |
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Tester |
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Lab manager |
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